The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
Current Status and Future Prospects

Jill Tarter
SETI Institute

The first SETI observations were made by Frank Drake nearly 40 years ago. Now that SETI has reached middle age, what has it achieved, and what should the future be? This talk will discuss what SETI is, and is not; what searches are on telescopes today; prospects for extending these searches; and some ideas for new search directions.